Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Northern Trains Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £351,247
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Financial & insurance services · Financial consultancy services (CPV 66171000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 012659-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Feb 2026
- Published12 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
A new contract has been established to support NTL's financial evaluation of the new rolling stock procurement. The scope of services will include: -Development of a Whole Life Cost Model -Rolling Stock Tender Assurance -Fleet Financier Procurement Invitation to Negotiation development support -Fleet Manufacturer Procurement Evaluation -Fleet Financier Procurement Evaluation - Final Business Case support and assurance
About the supplier
Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC454533).